The Cisco Industrial Ethernet 2000 (IE 2000) series is a range of compact, industrially ruggedized access switches. IE 2000 series provides customers with ease of use, secure access, and industry leading convergence using Cisco Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP). Multiple industries such as automotive, oil and gas, mining, transportation, and energy companies are all increasingly requiring IP based networks in their production areas. The IE 2000 additions have been designed to support access layer connectivity and to meet the increasing needs for security, voice, and video traffic across industrial networks.
- Easy deployment
- Industrial automation protocols
Easy deployment
Zero-touch discovery using DHCP, express setup, fast bootup time to help migrating to Ethernet environment without resistance.
Security
Dot1x, port security, and DHCP allow dynamic port-base authentication, Secure Shell (SSHv2), SNMPv3 provides encrypted administrator traffic during Telnet and SNMP sessions, TACACS+ and RADIUS authentication facilitate centralized control and restrict unauthorized users.
Resiliency
Flex links for fast recovery, Cisco REP protocol for fast convergence.
Industrial automation protocols
Support for Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and PROFINETv2 that allow integration with existing management platform from Rockwell, Siemens, and other industrial environments.
